Species
Valid Extinct

Plioplatecarpus primaevus

Russell 1967

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
3
Group
Mosasaures
Carnivore aquatic Terrestrial
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PBDB ↗
Classification
Mosasauridae Family
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Plioplatecarpinae Subfamily
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Plioplatecarpini Unranked clade
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Plioplatecarpus Genus
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Plioplatecarpus primaevus Species
Fossil sites 3 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇦 Canada
2
🇺🇸 United States
1
Geological formations
Bearpaw Shale
2
Pierre Shale
1
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
3
Bibliography
Original description
D. A. Russell. 1967. Systematics and morphology of American mosasaurs (Reptilia, Sauria). Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 23:1-252
Bibliography (3)
R. Holmes. 1996. Pliopletecarpus primaevus (Mosasauridae) from the Bearpaw Formation (Campanian, Upper Cretaceous) of the North American Western Interior Seaway. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 16(4):673-687 DOI ↗
T. T. Tokaryk. 1993. A plioplatecarpine mosasaur from the Bearpaw Shale (Upper Cretaceous) of Saskatchewan, Canada. Modern Geology 18:503-509
D. A. Russell. 1964. The Skull of American Mosasaurs.